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The annual prizes for Australian science recognised efforts to confront the key challenges facing our world.
China has made significant advances in space exploration on its own steam. It doesn’t need a partnership with Russia.
Despite their solitary lifestyle, wombats are at risk from a disease that spreads via their burrows.
All you wanted was to sell your sofa online. So why are so many ‘buyers’ suddenly insisting on using your PayID?
The move could jeopardise users’ safety and might even get the platform banned from the Google and Apple app stores.
There are two main methods used to calculate the energy content in food and drinks.
A potential new supermaterial isn’t so super after all, but the dream of a room-temperature superconductor is still very much alive.
Snapchat’s AI-powered chatbot malfunctioned this week, raising questions of “sentience” among users. As AI becomes increasingly human-like, society must become AI-literate.
The idea a language should grow simpler if people need to learn it as adults has an intuitive appeal. But an analysis of more than 1,200 languages shows this doesn’t quite stack up.
Many ‘myths’ are authentic memories of human pasts, told by people who passed down precise accounts of their history.
Stem cells could help regenerate diseased or damaged parts of the body – but first, scientists need to make the cells forget their own histories.
Claims regarding on these apps’ effectiveness are often based on less than robust findings.
Black holes are known for pulling in all kinds of stuff – including light. Here’s how that actually works.
The tiny, mouse-like planigales are some of the smallest marsupials around – and there are two more species of them than anybody realised.
Humans have been making symbols for numbers for thousands of years. Different cultures developed their own symbols, but all use addition and multiplication, suggesting arithmetic is a universal truth.
New EU rules require social media platforms to take down flagged posts within 24 hours – and modelling shows that’s fast enough to have a dramatic effect on the spread of harmful content.
Reform for artificial intelligence is urgent. If we cut through the hype and self-interest, Australian law can promote responsible and safe AI.
Ancient stories of the sea and the sky date back to the end of the last ice age.
A proof-of-concept study using bacteria shows cell therapy can detect tumours – and may one day be able to treat them.
Research on the Deniliquin structure points to an asteroid impact that would have been more than double the scale of the one that killed the dinosaurs.
Worldcoin wants to provide ‘proof of personhood’ in an AI-filled future, but critics and governments are unimpressed
A mysterious hunk of space junk buzzed through Australian skies last night. It may have been the third stage of a Soyuz 2 rocket just launched by Russia.
A chatbot that lets users express their feelings by drawing may help communication and treatment for people with chronic pain.
Foreign interference campaigns have targeted every major social media platform in Australia. But to date, nobody has been prosecuted for this.